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From: richard@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
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Subject: Re: OS cost component of workstation
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Date: 16 Nov 90 15:41:24 GMT
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In article <11619@alice.att.com> andrew@alice.att.com (Andrew Hume) writes:
>megascan ... monitors ... 300 DPI, 4096x~3300 ... $3500

This sounds most impressive,

>300dpi one as an alternate screen for my gnot.

Which reminds me - is Plan 9 likely to be available for off-the-shelf
workstations in the near future?  I know that current workstations
don't really fit the Plan 9 model, but there are lots of us who'd like
to try it who can't afford two large SGI machines connected by a
high-speed bus.

-- Richard
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